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Goldscheider Vienna 'Owlglass' Jester with Owl by Josef Lorenzl, circa 1925-1930
Goldscheider Vienna 'Owlglass' Jester with Owl by Josef Lorenzl, circa 1925-1930

Goldscheider Vienna 'Owlglass' Jester with Owl by Josef Lorenzl, circa 1925-1930

By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna

Located in Vienna, AT

Eulenspiegel' is the protagonist of a Central Low German folk book that first appeared around 1510. According

Category

1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique German Book

Materials

Ceramic

1880 History of Costume in German Book
1880 History of Costume in German Book

1880 History of Costume in German Book

Located in Seguin, TX

colored illustrations, close to 400, descriptions in German. Illustrated cover, overall cover wear, spine

Category

1880s German Baroque Revival Antique German Book

Materials

Paper

Art Nouveau 14 Karat Yellow Gold Lady´s Head with Flowers Cufflinks
Art Nouveau 14 Karat Yellow Gold Lady´s Head with Flowers Cufflinks

Art Nouveau 14 Karat Yellow Gold Lady´s Head with Flowers Cufflinks

Located in Munich, DE

buttons have a dumb-bell link. They are illustrated in a German book published in 2016 called "Kostbare

Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique German Book

Materials

14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Large Framed "Vanitas" Oil Painting
Large Framed "Vanitas" Oil Painting

Large Framed "Vanitas" Oil Painting

Located in Austin, TX

, we can see a similar arrangement of symbols, including a German book or calendar listing the seasons

Category

Late 19th Century German Antique German Book

Materials

Canvas

Antique German Hartleben's Volks Atlas Book World Maps
Antique German Hartleben's Volks Atlas Book World Maps

Antique German Hartleben's Volks Atlas Book World Maps

Located in Seguin, TX

Antique circa 1900 A. Hartleben's Volks-Atlas. Published by A. Hartleben's, Germany. Folio

Category

Early 20th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique German Book

Materials

Paper

Early 20th Century German Mule Form Folk Art Book Ends in Metal
Early 20th Century German Mule Form Folk Art Book Ends in Metal

Early 20th Century German Mule Form Folk Art Book Ends in Metal

Located in New York, NY

Early 20th century German Mule Form Folk Art book ends in metal. Inspired by traditional Germanic

Category

Early 20th Century German Folk Art Antique German Book

Materials

Metal

Meissen Pair Boy with Cherries Girl Holding Book
Meissen Pair Boy with Cherries Girl Holding Book

Meissen Pair Boy with Cherries Girl Holding Book

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Altrincham, GB

Meissen pair figures seated young man offering cherries to seated young girl holding a book. First

Category

Late 19th Century German Antique German Book

Materials

Porcelain

Early 18th Century Front Fireback, Bible 4, Book of Mose
Early 18th Century Front Fireback, Bible 4, Book of Mose

Early 18th Century Front Fireback, Bible 4, Book of Mose

Located in Wien, AT

Very early (end of 17th or beginn of 18th century) German front fireback with bible motive

Category

Early 18th Century German Medieval Antique German Book

Materials

Iron

Nibelungenlied the Fall of the Nibelungers, Otherwise the Book of Kriemhild
Nibelungenlied the Fall of the Nibelungers, Otherwise the Book of Kriemhild

Nibelungenlied the Fall of the Nibelungers, Otherwise the Book of Kriemhild

Located in Leeds, GB

The Nibelungenlied belongs to a tradition of the handing down of myth relating to Siegfried to successive generations. Wagner took the source and make adaptions to provide the libret...

Category

19th Century German Antique German Book

French Book Epopees et Legendes d'Outre-Rhin by N. Weiller, 1914
French Book Epopees et Legendes d'Outre-Rhin by N. Weiller, 1914

French Book Epopees et Legendes d'Outre-Rhin by N. Weiller, 1914

Located in Austin, TX

Epics and legends from Germany is a French book by N. Weiller published by Librairie Fernand Nathan

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique German Book

Materials

Leather, Paper

Architectural Biedermeier Armoire/Faux Secretaire

Architectural Biedermeier Armoire/Faux Secretaire

Located in Long Island City, NY

stepped cornice with a Schinkel pediment. Crotch mahogany, book match veneered, Germany, region of Berlin

Category

19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Book

Large 19th Century Porcelain Plaque
Large 19th Century Porcelain Plaque

Large 19th Century Porcelain Plaque

By Dresden Porcelain

Located in London, GB

lake and reading a book. Probably German, Dresden factory, circa 1860.

Category

Late 19th Century German Antique German Book

Materials

Porcelain

Botanical:  Cereus

Botanical: Cereus

Unavailable|$3,500

Botanical: Cereus

By George Dionysius Ehret

Located in Florham Park, NJ

, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant-book; even among foreign

Category

18th Century and Earlier German Antique German Book

Dresden Urn Lakeside Scene Purple Green Gilt Angel Handles
Dresden Urn Lakeside Scene Purple Green Gilt Angel Handles

Dresden Urn Lakeside Scene Purple Green Gilt Angel Handles

By Carl Thieme

Located in Vilnius, LT

. Meissen pieces are listed in this book under Meissen. German porcelain marked “Dresden” is listed here

Category

Late 19th Century German Baroque Revival Antique German Book

Materials

Porcelain

Karl Blossfeldt Photogravure 1st Edition
Karl Blossfeldt Photogravure 1st Edition

Karl Blossfeldt Photogravure 1st Edition

Located in North Beninngton, VT

Karl Blossfeldt Photogravure, 1928. This image is from the 1st edition of the book, Germany. The

Category

1920s Antique German Book

Paint Decorated Dower Chest Dauphin County Pennsylvania
Paint Decorated Dower Chest Dauphin County Pennsylvania

Paint Decorated Dower Chest Dauphin County Pennsylvania

Located in Allentown, PA

illustrated in M. Fabian's book, The Pennsylvania German Dower Chest.

Category

Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique German Book

Materials

Pine

Meriana  (Bugle Lily)

Meriana (Bugle Lily)

By Georg Dionysius Ehret

Located in Florham Park, NJ

, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant-book; even among foreign

Category

1750s Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Gold Leaf

Heliocarpus  (Tree, Malvales)

Heliocarpus (Tree, Malvales)

By Georg Dionysius Ehret

Located in Florham Park, NJ

, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant-book; even among foreign

Category

1750s Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Gold Leaf

Urtica  (Nettle)
Urtica  (Nettle)

Urtica (Nettle)

By Georg Dionysius Ehret

Located in Florham Park, NJ

, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant-book; even among foreign

Category

1750s Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Gold Leaf

Guanabanus (Guabana or Soursop Fruit)

Guanabanus (Guabana or Soursop Fruit)

By Georg Dionysius Ehret

Located in Florham Park, NJ

, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant-book; even among foreign

Category

1750s Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Gold Leaf

Monarda (aka Bee Balm, Bergamot)

Monarda (aka Bee Balm, Bergamot)

By Georg Dionysius Ehret

Located in Florham Park, NJ

, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant-book; even among foreign

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Gold Leaf

Anona (Pawpaw Fruit)
Anona (Pawpaw Fruit)

Anona (Pawpaw Fruit)

By Georg Dionysius Ehret

Located in Florham Park, NJ

, Claus Nissen wrote "the Plantae Selectae became the most beautiful German plant-book; even among foreign

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Piper Indicum.  Spanish Pepper.

Piper Indicum. Spanish Pepper.

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Florham Park, NJ

therein. Enjoying both and English and German printings, the book was widely received in both

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Engraving

Amygdalus.  (Almond)
Amygdalus.  (Almond)

Amygdalus. (Almond)

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Florham Park, NJ

therein. Enjoying both and English and German printings, the book was widely received in both

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Cinara. Artichoke.

Cinara. Artichoke.

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Florham Park, NJ

therein. Enjoying both and English and German printings, the book was widely received in both

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique German Book

Materials

Engraving

Franz Michael Regenfuss Large Format Shell Engravings

Franz Michael Regenfuss Large Format Shell Engravings

By Franz Michael Regenfuss 1

Located in New York, NY

classification of types and species. Printed in both French and German, Regenfuss's book was an immediate

Category

1750s Antique German Book

Materials

Wood

Roll Top Book Shelf from Old Germany
Roll Top Book Shelf from Old Germany

Roll Top Book Shelf from Old Germany

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The book shelf is closable however, the key is missing to lock it.

Category

19th Century German Antique German Book

Materials

Oak

Painted Cast Iron Book Press from Germany, circa 1890
Painted Cast Iron Book Press from Germany, circa 1890

Painted Cast Iron Book Press from Germany, circa 1890

Located in Dallas, TX

This wonderful book press dates to the end of the 19th century and has been painted black with gold

Category

Late 19th Century German Antique German Book

Materials

Iron

18th Century, 1743, Vellum Book, German with Metal & Hasp Closures
18th Century, 1743, Vellum Book, German with Metal & Hasp Closures

18th Century, 1743, Vellum Book, German with Metal & Hasp Closures

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

18th century (1743) Vellum Book, German with metal and Vellum hasp closures, written in Old German

Category

Early 18th Century German Renaissance Antique German Book

Materials

Vellum

Art Nouveau Group 'Chlildren With Picture Book', Frieda Strauss, Meissen Germany
Art Nouveau Group 'Chlildren With Picture Book', Frieda Strauss, Meissen Germany

Art Nouveau Group 'Chlildren With Picture Book', Frieda Strauss, Meissen Germany

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Vienna, AT

with outstretched legs, a large picture book on his lap, next to him, head to head, a kneeling girl in

Category

1910s German Art Nouveau Antique German Book

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century German Embossed Leather Bound Book-Form Decorative Table Box
19th Century German Embossed Leather Bound Book-Form Decorative Table Box

19th Century German Embossed Leather Bound Book-Form Decorative Table Box

Located in Dallas, TX

Germany circa 1880, the embossed leather book binding, now fashioned as a table box is fitted with gilt

Category

Late 19th Century German Antique German Book

Materials

Leather, Paper

19th Century German Fruitwood and Ebonized Biedermeier Two-Door Book Case
19th Century German Fruitwood and Ebonized Biedermeier Two-Door Book Case

19th Century German Fruitwood and Ebonized Biedermeier Two-Door Book Case

Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Typical of the Biedermeier style this good mid-19th century two-door bookcase is made of fruit-wood, in this case cherry wood, and accented by ebonized trim. The two glazed doors wit...

Category

Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Book

Materials

Brass

1900s Antique German Wooden Lectern and Chain with Holy Bible Printed Book
1900s Antique German Wooden Lectern and Chain with Holy Bible Printed Book

1900s Antique German Wooden Lectern and Chain with Holy Bible Printed Book

Located in Van Nuys, CA

prevent them from going missing. The Prayer Book is missing from this set. This set only included the

Category

Early 20th Century Late Victorian Antique German Book

Materials

Wood

Antique German Newspaper Decoupage Table Box
Antique German Newspaper Decoupage Table Box

Antique German Newspaper Decoupage Table Box

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

) German newspaper or book pages, with wood lining.

Category

Early 20th Century German Antique German Book

Materials

Metal

Antique Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Germany 1820
Antique Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Germany 1820

Antique Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Germany 1820

Located in Leimen, DE

Antique Biedermeier Secretary Desk, Germany circa 1810–1820 – Walnut Veneer, Brass Details, Shellac

Category

1810s German Biedermeier Antique German Book

Materials

Walnut

Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Baby Child with Picture Book, by Konrad Hentschel
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Baby Child with Picture Book, by Konrad Hentschel

Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Baby Child with Picture Book, by Konrad Hentschel

By Meissen Porcelain, Julius Konrad Hentschel

Located in Vienna, AT

legs outstretched sitting on the floor and looking at a picture book. Modeling of the finest quality

Category

Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique German Book

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Art Nouveau Hentschel Child Looking at Picture-Book Model U 149
Meissen Art Nouveau Hentschel Child Looking at Picture-Book Model U 149

Meissen Art Nouveau Hentschel Child Looking at Picture-Book Model U 149

By Julius Konrad Hentschel

Located in Vienna, AT

Meissen stunning Hentschel figurine: Baby boy looking at a picture-book Model U 149 Measures

Category

Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique German Book

Materials

Porcelain

Ammonite Fossil with 19th Century University Book
Ammonite Fossil with 19th Century University Book

Ammonite Fossil with 19th Century University Book

Located in Napa, CA

Ammonite fossil with an accompanying German University book from 1887, with sketches and

Category

19th Century French Antique German Book

Materials

Stone

Antique Meissen Figure in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Girl with a Music Book
Antique Meissen Figure in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Girl with a Music Book

Antique Meissen Figure in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Girl with a Music Book

Located in København, Copenhagen

Antique Meissen figure in hand-painted porcelain. Girl with a music book, Late 19th century

Category

Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique German Book

Materials

Porcelain

Biedermeier Commode, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820
Biedermeier Commode, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820

Biedermeier Commode, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820

Located in Regensburg, DE

Straightlined, early Biedermeier Commode / Chest of drawers from Southern Germany around 1820

Category

1820s German Antique German Book

Materials

Iron

Biedermeier Bookcase, Walnut Veneer, South Germany, circa 1825
Biedermeier Bookcase, Walnut Veneer, South Germany, circa 1825

Biedermeier Bookcase, Walnut Veneer, South Germany, circa 1825

Located in Regensburg, DE

Beautiful classicist Biedermeier Vitrine / Showcase from Germany about 1825. Wonderful book

Category

Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique German Book

Materials

Brass

Biedermeier Box, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820
Biedermeier Box, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820

Biedermeier Box, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820

Located in Regensburg, DE

Beautiful, unadorned, early Biedermeier casket box from southern Germany, circa 1820. Cherry wood

Category

1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Book

Materials

Brass, Iron

Biedermeier Bookcase, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820
Biedermeier Bookcase, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820

Biedermeier Bookcase, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820

Located in Regensburg, DE

southern Germany around 1820. * Blonde book-matched cherry wood veneered on softwood. * The door's end

Category

1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Book

Materials

Glass, Cherry, Ebony, Softwood

Biedermeier Chair, Walnut Veneer, Black Velvet, South Germany, circa 1820
Biedermeier Chair, Walnut Veneer, Black Velvet, South Germany, circa 1820

Biedermeier Chair, Walnut Veneer, Black Velvet, South Germany, circa 1820

Located in Regensburg, DE

Restored original early Biedermeier chair in Walnut veneer and black velvet from South Germany

Category

1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Book

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Petite Biedermeier Mirror, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820
Petite Biedermeier Mirror, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820

Petite Biedermeier Mirror, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820

Located in Regensburg, DE

Wonderful petite early Biedermeier mirror from South Germany about 1820 Wood: Book-matched

Category

1820s German Biedermeier Antique German Book

Materials

Gold Plate

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Antique German Book For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique German book available at 1stDibs. Each antique German book for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, metal and wood. There are many kinds of the antique German book you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique German book is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Nouveau, Victorian and Arts and Crafts styles are sought with frequency. A well-made antique German book has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Julius Konrad Hentschel, Ludwig Hohlwein and Marie (Maria) Philips-Weber are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique German Book?

Prices for an antique German book can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $145 and can go as high as $12,500, while the average can fetch as much as $930.